Coat hanger



A. GUTTMAN COAT HANGER Oct. 16, 1951 Filed April 28, 1950 Q mm Patented Oct. 16, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 3 Claims.

This invention relates to coat hangers, more particularly to hangers made of wood or plastic material and having a' hollow space in the interior thereof for accommodating therein moth balls, flakes, deodorants, perfume carriers, etc.

It is an object of the present invention to provide means affording ready access to the interior of the coat hanger for the insertion thereinto of moth balls and the like and to automatically close the opening or passageway through which said moth balls are inserted, when the hanger is put to use.

It is another object of the present invention to provide means facilitating the selection of the number of compartments in the hanger structure whereby the moth balls will be held against rolling action and kept from piling up in one or the other end of the hanger.

Other objects of the present invention are to provide a hollow garment hanger adapted to receive and carry moth balls, which hanger is of simple construction, inexpensive to manufacture, has a minimum number of parts, compact, may be made of colored plastic material, is of pleasing appearance and efficient in operation.

For other objects and for a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. l is a longitudinal sectional view of the hanger embodying the features of the .present invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the hanger taken on line 22 of Fig. l, and looking in the direction of the arrows thereof.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of the hanger taken on line 33 of Fig. 1, and looking in the direction of the arrows thereof.

Referring now to the drawing, l represents the main hanger body which is of hollow construction and which has a central raised neck portion H with arm portions 12 and I3 extending laterally therefrom. Each of these arm portions are downwardly curved to support the shoulder parts of a garment and between the ends of these hanger arm portions there is connected a transverse bar [4 over which trousers or other garments can be extended'for support from beneath the hanger. The hanger body is perforated with small holes, as indicated at l5, throughout the neck portion and along the top of the supporting arms l2 and I3.

In one side of the neck portion II is an opening I6 for the insertion of moth balls I1. A combined hook and cover for the opening [6 extends through an elongated slot l8 in the top of the neck portion H and is pivotally connected by a pin 19 to depending bearing formations 2! within the top of the neck portion ll. This combined hook and cover is indicated generally at 22 and has a hook formation 23 on its upper end and a round laterally ofiset cover 24 on its lower end adapted to protrude into the opening I6. This offset cover 24 when closing opening l6 constricts the passage of moth balls, etc., through the hollow neck portion II, part of cover 24 thus causing separation of hollow compartments I2 and. I3 from each other. In order to remove the cover 24 and to pivot the combined element 22,

slight pressure will be required to force the cover out of the side edge of the opening 16.

In order to keep the moth balls from moving through the arms of the hanger and to compartmentize these arm portions of the hanger, deformable screen devices 26 are provided in large openings 21 in the sides of the arm portions. The openings 27 are arranged in pairs and so that the deformable screens are arranged in pairs and diametrically oppose one another. When the screens are projected inwardly in the manner as shown in Fig. 3, the moth balls I! will be restrained. These screens can be pulled outwardly by the insertion of a pin or Wire in order to allow the moth balls to pass from one compartment to the other. The compartments are the spaces disposed between the pairs of the deformable screen elements and may be indicated at 28, 29, 30, in the respective arm portions and at 3| in the neck portion l l.

The bottom of the neck portion is raised, as indicated at 33, and is perforated with holes 34. Into the recess formed by the raised bottom, there projects from the arm portions and inwardly hook formations 35 and 36 over which can be hung other hangers, garments, or straps.

It will be apparent that there has been provided a hollow coat or garment hanger wherein the moth balls can be retained by the screen elements over' the openings in the side of the hanger body and that the hook is provided with a cover for sealing the opening through which the moth balls are inserted.

It will be seen, that in Fig. 3 there is indicated at 26a in dot-dash lines the position of screen member 26 which is curved outwardly to permit rolling of moth balls I! past screen members 26.

It will be further noted, that the garment hanger has primarily slots or openings [5, 34 in the proximity of the position of the garment collar, whereas the fumes from moth balls and the like may otherwise pass through the aforesaid springy wire members 26 and side openings 31.

Since cover plate 24 is held on a suitably inclined spring arm 39 the ring-or-disc-shaped projection 24a of cover plate 24 snaps efiectively upon swinging movement of hook 22 into and out of recess I6a which is formed adjacent opening I8, as may be well understood.

Although the "invention has been described with reference to a certain specific embodiment thereof, it is to be distinctly understood that various modifications and adaptations 01; the arrangements herein disclosed may be madea's without constituting a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the 'ob-"- jects and in the appended claims. k

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and desired to be secured by Letters Patentis:

1. A garment hanger comprising a hollow'body having a raised hollow neck portion and hollow supporting arm portions extending from opp'osite ends of said neck portion, said neck'portion being provided with an opening in one side thereof for the insertion'of moth balls and with a plurality of perforations located along the periphery of said neck portion for permitting escape of fumes from said moth balls, and a closure member normally closing said opening and supported by said raised hollow neck portion, said closure-member being dimensioned so as to constrict the inner width of said hollow neck portion and to thereby provide two compartments each extending from said constriction to the outer end of a respective hollow arm portion, said closure member being adapted to prevent passage of moth balls past said neck portion from one into the other compartment.

2. A garment hanger according to claim 1, wherein said arm portions are provided with pairs of diametrically opposed side openings, and flexible means extending across said diametrically opposed openings and normally projecting within said hollow arm portions, whereby each compartment consisting of a hollow arm portion may be divided by said flexible means into further compartments in which the moth balls may be restrained from passing through said further compartments, said arm portions being provided with a plurality of side perfora- 'tions -spaced fromsaid diametrically opposed side openings'and disposed independently of the latter.

3. A garment hanger according to claim 2, wherein said flexible means include concavoconvex wire 'scre'e'n'elemen'ts normally projecting into the interior'of said hollow arm portions to thereby regulate "passage 'of moth balls therethrough.

ANA'I'OL GU'I'IMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 892,530 'Kalin'a Dec. 27, 1932 2,488,860 Gentile et'al NOV. 22, 1949 2,512,810 Rydman June 2'7, 1950 

